Cold Air Mass Grips Midwest Ahead of Christmas Storm
A cold air mass from the Arctic grips the Midwest and eastern seaboard as a warm front moves east. The Dakotas and Minnesota report subzero lows while Iowa and Illinois face more light snow and ice. temperatures drop to 21 degrees below zero in Pembina and International Falls.
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Chicago
Appalachians
Atlantic Seaboard
Arctic
Midwest
Pembina
N. D
International Falls
Minn
Ashington
Dakotas
Montana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
la Crosse
Lone Rock
Wis
Mason City
Minneapolis
Aberdeen
S. D
Rockford
Ill
Iowa Weather Bureau
Bureau
Decorah
Gillette predicts extended high coffee prices in coming years
Iowa senator Gillette, chair of the senate agriculture sub committee, says coffee prices will stay high for several years. He rejects price rigging claims while noting Brazilian exporters and U S importers benefited from recent crop losses to corner the market. Gillette is touring the Caribbean area as readers arrive in Des Moines for the holiday vacation.
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Venezuela
al Sen
Guy M
Gillette
Iowa
Senate Agriculture
United States
U. S
Brazil
Central America
Caribbean
Truman Plans Christmas Leave at Home in Missouri
President Truman flies from the national airport in a chill rain aboard his four engine Inde pendence plane with daughter Margaret and a presidential party. They head to Kansas City then Independence for a five day holiday of rest and socializing, with his Christmas Eve radio message the only scheduled event.
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Washington
Truman
National
Missouri
Independence
Kansas City
Margaret
White House
Charles G. Ross
Matthew Connelly
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Wallace Graham
Graham
Col
Robert G. Bates
Grahams
Oskaloosa Girl Seeks Mother for Christmas
Ten year old Linda Joyce Shafer of Oskaloosa asks Santa Claus for her mother this Christmas. Linda lives with her grandmother and longs for her mother, last seen in Texas after leaving in 1944. The grandmother details possible names and sightings, and Linda includes her brother Bobby in a postscript.
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Oskaloosa
Linda Joyce Shafer
Linda
Asa Shafer
Waterloo
Texas
Unidentified man jumps into Iowa River from bridge
In Iowa City a man about 25 to 30 plunged from the Iowa Avenue bridge onto river ice, broke through, and disappeared under water. Crews with grappling hooks searched the icy waters as police reported blood on the ice and a visible body outline.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Joseph Dolezal
Iowa Avenue
Dolezal
Hold Richard Gullion In Jail For Larceny
Richard G. Gullion of Washington was charged with larceny under $20 in the Justice of the Peace court of H. M. Putnam. Deputy Sheriff Loren D. Robertson filed the information. Gullion waived the preliminary hearing. Putnam set bond at $500 for January 9 but Gullion could not post and remains held in Washington county jail.
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Richard G. Gullion
Washington
Court of Justice of the Peace
H. M. Putnam
Loren D. Robertson
Gullion
Putnam
Washington County
Gwenn Takes Over Santa Claus Role From Barrymore
Edmund Gwenn rising as Hollywood Santa after Miracle on 34th Street. He has played the jolly old gent for three years and now attracts letters from fans. Gwenn says the role imposes a year round obligation and he enjoys spreading Christmas spirit.
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Hollywood
Lionel ‘Scrooge’ Barrymore
Edmund Gwenn
Santa Claus
Barrymore
Movieland
Gwenn
Free Dance at VFW Hall Sponsored by Veterans Group
Musicians union local 551 will provide music for a free dance Tuesday night December 27 at the VFW hall. Steele orchestra will perform with funds from the union record and transcription fund. Open to the public from 9 to 1 featuring modern dance music and square dancing.
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Musicians Union Local 551
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization
Steele Orchestra
Union
Complete Survey of Corn Acreage Here
Howard L. Witting, Washington County PMA Chairman, reports a countywide survey of corn acreages from 1947 1949 to set 1950 allotments. Farmers who produced corn in any of those years should contact the PMA office. those starting in 1950 on previously unplanted land must file a written request by January 15, 1950.
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Howard L. Witting
Washington County
PMA
Witting
Holiday Travel Rush Sets Nationwide Record
Holiday travelers used train, air, bus and car for Christmas trips in what travel experts call a record migration. Rail officials note the biggest rush since before the war, aided by a three day weekend as Christmas falls on Sunday. Thousands of servicemen and college students return home for the holidays amid crowded depots and heavy city traffic.
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Chicago
Finish Kenney Drive With 786.60 Total
Mrs. Edward Bushek of Riverside, county chairman of the Sister Kenney Foundation drive, announces final contributions totaling 786.60. Towns contributing include Wellman 353.78 Kalona 98.43 Riverside 97.35 Washington 76.47 Crawfordsville 61.69 Brighton 61.47 Ainsworth 37.41.
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Kenney Drive
Edward Bushek
Riverside
Sister Kenney Foundation
Wellman
Kalona
Washington
Crawfordsville
Brighton
Ainsworth
Pope Urges Peace In Xmas Message
Pope Pius XII denounces totalitarianism and calls on world rulers to pursue peace in his annual Christmas address to the College of Cardinals on the eve of the 1950 Holy Year. He warns of danger to the church in Europe and Asia, including China, and urges pilgrims to return home to promote a universal Christian peace. The message is broadcast in 23 languages to 375 million Catholics and beyond the iron curtain.
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Vatican City
Pius
Church
Escape Hustle Baffles Two Jails Over Missing Prisoners
A Fairfax jail reports prisoner Max Cecil claimed escape to Washington police who then learn three more inmates fled with him. Officers from Washington and Virginia search area facilities for the trio missing since last midnight.
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Fairfax
Arlington
Washington Police
Fairfax Jail
Max Cecil
Washington
Virginia
FBI joins hunt for CIO UAW dynamiters in Detroit
The FBI announced an all-out search to find men who attempted to dynamite the CIO United Auto Workers international headquarters. Authorities believe the three attacks are by the same group and AG McGrath ordered a broad inquiry into possible violations of federal law. President Truman voiced outrage and support for locating the perpetrators.
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FBI
Hunt
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers International
Justice Department
Washington
Harry S. Toy
Walter
Victor Reuther
McGrath
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
Christmas Vespers Sung by Presbyterian Choir
A Christmas Carol Vespers program will be held Christmas Day at 4 o clock in the Washington Presbyterian Church. Mrs Edith M Shields directs and plays organ. Soloists include Mrs Larry Trotter and Mrs Edward McCutchen as sopranos, Mrs Iola Morrison also soprano, Eileen Meek contralto, Forrest Walker tenor, Alice Hunter cello, and Mrs Mary Shields pianist. The candlelight program features carols from many lands.
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Washington Presbyterian Churen
Edith M Shields
Larry Trotter
Edward McCutchen
Iola Morrison
Eileen Meek
Forrest Walker
Alice Hunter
Mary Shields
Mrs Edna Wittrig Heads South Dakota Holiday Visit
Mrs Edna Wittrig will depart tonight for Canton South Dakota for a holiday visit with her son Orlin Wittrig and Mrs Wittrig.
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Edna Wittrig
Canton
S. Dak
Orlin Wittrig
Wittrig
T. J. Berdos Lose Xmas Gifts on Trip
Mr and Mrs T J Berdos traveling from Ashland Wisconsin to Washington to spend Christmas发现发现 gifts and baby articles for Susan Kay were missing from their trunk near New Hampton Iowa. They locked the car after hearing a rattling trunk and later found the items gone. Sheriff Snyder and radio station WMT appealed for help, but by noon no trace had been found.
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Ashand
Wisconsin
Washington
Mrs. Berdo
Susan Kay
New Hampton
Iowa
Charles Snyder
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Mrs J T Dale Dies In Dallas Texas
Word arrived today from Washington of the death this morning in Dallas Texas of Mrs J T Dale an aunt of Mrs Merle Lytle. Mrs Lytle has been in Texas three weeks visiting during Mrs Daless illness. Mrs Dale formerly lived in the Crawfordsville area and had resided in Texas for many years.
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Washington
Dallas
Texas
J. T. Dale
Merle Lytle
Lytle
Dale
Crawfordsville
Refrigeration Training Earns Dunham Institute Certification
Harold C Dunham of 914 East Madison completes a year of study and shop classes at Utilities Engineering Institute in Chicago earning specialized training in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning announced by the institute.
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Harold C. Dunham
East
Madison
Utilities Egineering Institute
Chicago
Five Bodies Recovered After Georgia Plane Crash
In Savannah area marshes eleven Air Force fliers died when a B-50 crashed minutes after takeoff from Chatham base on a Christmas training flight to Texas. Rescue teams, hampered by tide and dense saw grass, recovered five bodies from a crater lake as the search continued in the swampy debris field.
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Savannah
Air Force
Rogers Hornsby Jr
Chatham Air Force Base
Chatham
Texas
G. W. Hampton
TV Loses 15 Million In Initial Operations
The 1948 FCC report shows television networks and stations ran net losses totaling about 15 million dollars in the industry’s first year of operation. Radio profits fell about 10 percent due to rising expenses while FM stations reportedly lost several million dollars.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Standard Radio Broadcasting
Commission
Pat Dunbar to Visit Baker Family for Holidays
Pat Dunbar of Chicago will come tonight to spend the holidays with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. George Baker.
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Pat Dunbar
Chicago
George Baker
Weather for Iowa Turns Cold With Light Snow Drift
Considerable cloudiness with light snow starting in the west this afternoon and spreading to eastern Iowa by evening. Highs 18 to 24 with a cold night expected, lows 1 below to 5 above. Saturday clears and stays cold with highs near zero in the northwest and 15 above in the southeast. Yesterday’s high 24 and low 8.
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Iowa
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